“Otsumami (おつまみ)” is the Japanese word for snack foods eaten with alcoholic drinks. It refers to finger foods and nibbles. For example, if you have potato chips while drinking beer, the snack can be...
Kaki no Tane (柿の種) is a classic Japanese rice cracker known as Kameda Crisps in some countries outside Japan. As you may know, seasoned with soy sauce and red chili pepper, the snack features...
Cheese goes well with a wide range of foods and almost always makes what it touches satisfying. Because of that, snacks often come with cheese, and Japanese ones are no exception, as seen in...
Ramen is a quintessential Japanese noodle dish that is widely enjoyed around the world and comes in numerous varieties in Japan including various local ramens. In fact, almost every region of Japan has its...
Together with “Shoyu (醤油: soy sauce)”, “Miso (味噌: fermented soybean paste)” is a quintessential Japanese seasoning that is quite well recognized in many countries. As miso soup and plain white rice make up the...
“Meiji (明治)” is a leading Japanese food company with a long history. Many of the products are very familiar to us Japanese, and one of the representative examples is chocolate. Among others, these five...
When I think of seasonings of Japanese origin widely used in many countries, what comes to my mind right away is “Shoyu (醤油)”, known as soy sauce in English. Many people probably have used...
As I wrote several times before, Japan has a large variety of snack foods made from squid, which include these dried squid snacks, and this Dagashi treat. In addition to the items above, there...
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I'm Tomo, a Japanese blogger living in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. For the purpose of enriching your life, I would like to introduce things about Japan on this blog, especially unique Japanese products, cooking recipes, cultures, and facts and trivia.